A civil society organisation,
Rescue Nigerian Economy Project, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sack
his senior special assistant on media and publicity, Garba Shehu.
A statement on Wednesday by its
Executive Secretary, Dennis Alamu-George said Shehu’s comment that rats invaded
Buhari’s office while he was on medical vacation was a disgrace and
embarrassment to the president and Nigerians.
Shehu in an interview with BBC
Pidgin Service on Tuesday said the office was being renovated because rodents
damaged it.
“After im no dey for office for
about three months, rodents don cause plenty damage for di furniture and air
conditioning units wey dey for im office and dis na why e dey work from home
for now,” Shehu said.
Reacting, Alamu- George said:
“The presidential media aides are doing the president more harm than good.”
“The other day, Femi Adesina said
he doesn’t know who is paying for the treatment of the president. That to us is
bare-faced lie and we know Adesina himself knew that was a lie”.
“We have always posited that
President Buhari doesn’t need a Special Adviser on Media and Publicity and a
Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity.
“Their roles are similar and
keeping both is a waste of taxpayers money in an economy that has been in
recession for almost years”.
“We implore the President to as a
matter of urgency fire Garba Shehu for bringing ridicule to the president and
Nigerians through that thoughtless statement.
“What he is saying in essence is
that the President was prevented from entering his office by rats.
“That is an insult to the number
one citizen of this country and we believe it is also an embarrassment to
Nigerians in diaspora” the group said.
Human rights lawyer, Mike Ozekhome
(SAN) has also reacted to the ‘rats invasion’ claim, describing
Buhari’s presidency it as the worse in history.
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